Message: I (chimp) Care About the Black Folks (NY Times)

[Ernesto]

(snip) The worst storm in our history proved perfect for exposing this president because in one big blast it illuminated all his failings: the rampant cronyism, the empty sloganeering of "compassionate conservatism," the lack of concern for the "underprivileged" his mother condescended to at the Astrodome, the reckless lack of planning for all government operations except tax cuts, the use of spin and photo-ops to camouflage failure and to substitute for action.



http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/18/opinion/18rich.html?ex=1284696000&en=64a2f63f0c39dc70&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

[Waistdeep]

1. Dupe thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x157592

[rocktivity]

2. Bush's Katrina speech was his "Freddie Kruger Moment"

ONCE Toto parts the curtain, the Wizard of Oz can never be the wizard again. He is forever Professor Marvel, blowhard and snake-oil salesman. Hurricane Katrina, which is likely to endure in the American psyche as long as L. Frank Baum's mythic tornado, has similarly unmasked George W. Bush.

I was flipping channels one day when I came across the climax of a Nightmare On Elm Street movie. The damsel in distress is about to be vanquished by the monster Freddie Kruger, but she has a moment of truth: realizing that the nightmare is nothing more than that--a nightmare. So she vanquishes him by saying something along the lines of, "It's over, Freddie--I get it now. It's all just a dream; one of this is real. YOU CAN'T SCARE ME ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU AREN'T REAL TO ME ANYMORE."

I feel the same way about Bush's response to Katrina and his NOLA rebuilding plan: both are as unreal as Freddy is, and once you accept that, you don't have to fear criticizing them. He's made absolutely no mention of the environmental impact Katrina will have on rebuilding NOLA, and attempting to finance it as well as the rebuilding of Iraq by cutting current goverment spending is insane, to put it politely!

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